Samuel Ringgold

Samuel Ringgold (born January 15, 1770 in Chestertown , Kent County , Province of Maryland , †  October 18, 1829 in Frederick , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1810 and 1821 he twice represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Ringgold received only a limited education. He settled near Hagerstown , where he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1795 he entered the Maryland House of Representatives ; between 1801 and 1806 he was a member of the State Senate . From 1806 to 1810 Ringgold was a judge at the Levy Court in Washington County . He later held this office again between 1822 and 1826. In 1810 he became a brigadier general in the state militia.

After the resignation of Congressman Roger Nelson , Ringgold was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the fourth seat of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on October 15, 1810. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1815 . During this time the British-American War fell , in which Ringgold took an active part.

In the congressional elections of 1816 he was re -elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth constituency of his state, where he succeeded George Baer on March 4, 1817, who had succeeded him two years earlier. After a re-election, he was able to spend another legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1821. After his time in the US House of Representatives was over, Ringgold returned to farming. He was also a tax judge from 1822 to 1826. He died in Frederick on October 18, 1829 and was buried near Hagerstown.

Web links

• Samuel Ringgold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Ringgold in the database of Find a Grave (English)